The Chip is the Machine™

The Chip is the Machine™ and Ion Torrent™ directly benefits from four decades of exponential improvement in semiconductor technology. This enables our chips to scale in density for any research application—from small, targeted experiments to large genomes—all on a single platform. See how Ion Torrent Chips work.

With as little as 10 ng input DNA, the new Ion 314™, 316™, and 318™ Chips yield 99.99% consensus accuracy and up to a 50% increase in output over previous chips, in as little as 2 hours on the Ion PGM™ System.

For whole genome sequencing on the Ion Proton™ System, the Ion PI™ Chip enables the highest throughput with up to 10 Gb reads in 2–4 hours.

This unique combination of simplicity and easy scalability makes semiconductor sequencing an accessible next-generation sequencing solution for all researchers, from whole genome/transcriptome to small genome and small RNA sequencing applications.

Compare the data for Ion PGM™ and Ion PI™ Chips, and choose the chip that works best for your sequencing needs: